How to Use impudence in a Sentence

impudence

noun

• Teachers who mistake his wisdom for impudence are made to fall down in a faint.
  — Judith Shulevitz, New York Times, 26 May 2020
• That kind of female impudence was too much for Gingrich to bear.
  — David Zurawik, baltimoresun.com, 5 May 2017
• Flynn gives Pascal a reckless impudence, all but reveling in his status as the ne'er-do-well boyfriend.
  — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 10 May 2018
• Over dinner, the report of my impudence earned mild punishment from my mom and a smile from my dad, who liked Ol’ Blue Eyes.
  — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 29 July 2022
• Hathaway's attempts at theatrical impudence get swatted down by thinkpiece-y dialogue.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2022
• Exxon Mobil certainly has succeeded in imposing costs on the cities and counties with the impudence to challenge the company in court.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2021
• But Endicott begins to see that the black homicide detective from Philadelphia has the impudence to suspect him of the crime.
  — Walter Mosley, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2018
• Pinocchio is sung here by the perky soprano Chloé Briot, who infuses the role with gangly, attention-deficient impudence.
  — Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2017
• The word connoted impudence or decadence; punks were disrespectful upstarts, petty criminals, male hustlers.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
• The duo has stepped out of retirement to commemorate the day 50 years ago when CBS canceled their show over their political impudence.
  — Washington Post, 29 July 2019
• The Kennedy Center’s president, Richard Grenell, announced that the Center intends to sue Redd for his impudence.
  — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
• Winston Churchill, whose fiery resolve and puckish impudence led many to embrace him as an inspiring, authentic, if imperfect, leader, never set out to become an accomplished artist.
  — Milton Esterow, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2022
• Even if the insider references to influencer culture mean nothing to you, Larray's effervescent impudence makes this lesson unforgettable.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2020
• The normal tensions a president experiences with independent actors, like the media and law enforcement, strike Trump as unforgivable impudence.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 23 Jan. 2018
• With an irreverent impudence, generous sprinkles of slap stick and traditional wrapping, this breezy presentation should tickle the funny bones of grade school kids as well as us older coots who enjoy Tim Allen’s acerbic antics.
  — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
• Damon’s cornpone impudence and Bale’s volatile temperament (turning himself into a wiry Pete Postlethwaite) don’t rise to a level of mythic authenticity.
  — Armond White, National Review, 22 Nov. 2019
• Though the Italian word also suggests something confided, like the awful secrets Pietro and Teresa share, its primary connotations are audacity and impudence, qualities notably missing in the decidedly un-self-confident high school teacher.
  — Steven G. Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021